Student Projects

Green Templeton supports its students to organize academic activities and events that benefit the college community, such as reading or discussion groups, lectures and seminars, film screenings or workshops. Students can also apply to convene and run the annual Human Welfare Conference.

The college may offer in-kind support (such as the free use of college rooms and facilities, help with administration or publicity, or access to college networks) as well as small financial grants (up to £1,000).

Financial support is enabled by the generosity of donors to the Annual Fund: funded applicants should acknowledge this support as appropriate, and will be asked to produce a short report on their activity. The report will be used to inform donors to the Annual Fund about the impact of their gift and may also be used for future publicity materials.

How to apply

You’ll need to apply to the college for support for your activity or event well in advance (usually at least one full term and one full vacation before the event takes place). Please note that if you are on a one-year course, you’ll usually need to apply for support in your first term in order to have enough time to plan and deliver your project.

You can only make one Academic application per academic year (but each application can include a programme of multiple events).

  • We strongly recommend that you attend the Atlas Workshop/ briefing session on ‘College Funding for your Academic Projects’ early in Michaelmas Term.
  • If you have any questions about the logistical aspects of your application (what dates might be best to schedule an event, facilities and catering), email the college Events Team before you submit your application.
  • If you have any questions about the content of your project (its benefits to the college community, how it might fit with other projects at Green Templeton, how and to whom it could be publicised etc), email the Academic Projects Team before you submit your application.
  • Complete the application form below, reading the notes carefully, and email it to Academic Projects. You can submit your application at any time. We will aim to consider the proposal and reply within three weeks.

Application form

Looking for inspiration? Recent student projects include

Convening an intensive course in British Sign Language for medical and healthcare situations

Meeting weekly for the Green Templeton Medical Journal Club

Hosting the 2024 Newsom-Davies Neurological Society Conference: Breakthroughs and Brainwaves

Bringing two guest speakers to the Oxford Feminist Thinking seminar series

Supporting a multi-day international conference: Thinking with and alongside Critical Indigenous Scholarship

A college screening of the documentary Go, Friend, Go on migrant experiences, followed by a Q&A with its maker

The Black Students’ Society publish an online journal and organise events, from an end-of-term punting trip to talks celebrating Black History Month.

The Oxford Global Health and Care Systems Society run a programme of lectures, seminars and other activities.

The annual student-run Human Welfare Conference focused in 2024 on FemTech. Apply to convene and run a full-day conference here.

Previous student projects include

Social Sciences Seminar Series

Alex Midlen, MSc Nature, Society and Environmental Governance

‘Sustainability in…’ talks

Constanze Cavalier, MSc(Res) Biochemistry, and Lore Purroy Sánchez, MPhil Development Studies

Green Recovery Now

Lore Purroy Sánchez, MPhil Development Studies

Racism as a public health crisis

Isra Hasnain, MSc Medical Anthropology, and Imogen Malpas, MSc Medical Anthropology

Chinese Science / Humanities Club

Zhiyi Wu, DPhil Ion Channels and Disease

Land Transformations in BRICS workshop

Mihika Chatterjee, DPhil International Development

Green Templeton College Obesity Conference

Keiko Kanno, DPhil Medical Anthropology

Green Templeton College Outreach Talks

Carlos Outeiral, DPhil Statistics